Getting kicked out
I’m spending way too much time today trying to convince my browser that I’m not really supposed to be kicked out of various sites I’m logging (or already logged) into. It happened again and again on various sites today.
[Is there a disturbance in the force field, Luke?]
Tonight’s clincher: I had carefully planned my entry into the amazing Seth Godin‘s by-invite-only Triiibes site, selecting a photo of myself, exporting a small-format version to my desktop (where I’d be able to find it easily), and then clicking the “click to join” button on my coveted “Join me on Triiibes” invitation, which had arrived in my inbox earlier today.
I filled out all the fields, but then – poof! – the site rejected the brand-new password I had just created as “incorrect.”
Numerous unsuccessful retries later, I gave up (in?) and requested a new password (which seemed strange, since it had been my first, brand-new try at signing up to begin with). I then succeeded with the new password (via a new email), …but now I’m in some sort of purgatory. The webpage says: “Your membership to Triiibes is pending approval”… Whaa???
Ok, I’ll try this again tomorrow.
Right now, I’ll kick myself upstairs and relax with a book. The web may not perfect, but I am… 😉
Computers may be more intuitive than we think. Maybe it just doesn’t like you.
Comment by David W Johnson — November 3, 2010 #